Robot Operating System (ROS) for Absolute Beginners
Robotics Programming Made Easy
Published on 24. May 2018
XIII, 282 pages
978-1-4842-3405-1 (ISBN)
Description
Learn robotics programming from scratch using Python and C++Learn how to code in this book without any prior experienceBy the end of this book, build your own mobile robot project
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkeley
United States
Publishing group
APRESS
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
XIII, 282 p. 213 illus.
File size
14,63 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4842-3405-1 (9781484234051)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4842-3405-1
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Lentin Joseph | Aleena Johny
Robot Operating System (ROS) for Absolute Beginners
Robotics Programming Made Easy
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Person
Lentin Joseph is an author, entrepreneur, electronics engineer, robotics enthusiast, machine vision expert, embedded programmer, and the founder and CEO of Qbotics Labs from India. He completed his bachelor's degree in electronics and communication engineering at the Federal Institute of Science and Technology (FISAT), Kerala. After graduating, Lentin worked for three years at a start-up company focusing on robotics and image processing. During that time he learned to work with various robotics software platforms such as Robot Operating System (ROS), V-REP, and Actin (a robotic simulation tool) and image processing libraries such as OpenCV, OpenNI, and PCL. He also has experience with 3D robot design and embedded programming on Arduino and Tiva Launchpad.
He recently started a new company called Qbotics Labs, which mainly focuses on research into building some great products in domains such as robotics and machine vision.
He recently started a new company called Qbotics Labs, which mainly focuses on research into building some great products in domains such as robotics and machine vision.
Content
Chapter 1: Getting Started with Ubuntu/Linux for Robotics. - Chapter 2. Fundamentals of C++ for Robotics. - Chapter 3. Fundamentals of Python for Robotics Programming. - Chapter 4. Kickstarting Robot Programming using ROS. - Chapter 5. Programming with ROS. - Chapter 6. Robotics project using ROS.
